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THE WEST
Win Visit the Larger Western
Cities and Tell of the
Lynchings.
WILL HOLD MASS MEETING
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Meetings WiU be Held With.
Branches of N. A. A. C. P.
?7?-- In These Cities.
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Walter White, Assistant. Secretary
of the National Association for tht?
. Advancement of. Colored People, who
fag; of a colored woman and two
men, , and presented his findings to
the New York World, will go on a
Western tour in which he will tell
the story of the lynchingg and his
, investigation of it, to N. A. A. C?-P.
Branches and other bodies. The I
schedule for Mr. White's tour is as
follows: '
r - Deo,' 5. Kansas (?*ty, Mo,, Forum
Linwood Christian Church of which
Dr. BurTia JenluiiS, former .Editor
t of the Kanas City Journal Post, is
- minister., r This Forum is reputed to
U". be onp of the largest and most ipfluential
in the middle west.
Dec. 6.?Mass meeting, auspices
Kansas City, Wo., Branch N. A. A.
C. P.
- Dec-. 7 and 8.?Chicago: Mass meet
tng on Dec 8th at Bcthesda Baptist
cnurch. ,t '.. "
Dec. 9.?Detroit: Mass meetng un
der auspices of Detroit Branch.
DeC~.~"TO.?Pittsburgh; -Mass mppt, .
drur under auspices of' Pittsburgh
-Branch. ' . ~ ?
\J\' Dec. 12. Cleveland: Mass meeting
under auspices of the Branch.
WAVERLEY HOSPITAL NEWS.
The nurses of the Waverley Hos.
pital met on Friday night, Nov. 19.
imrf nrtrwniy-Pft what hereaiter
will be known as the M. A. Evans'
Club. It was named after Dr. M. A.
Evans, our only colored woman phy
siclan of the city. ,
- The object of thls Club is for the
-t. tL*. -?
uutbcxiucnv ui tnc nurses irom .every j
? standpoint and to increase their effi.
ciency in attending t0 the sick. The
enthusiasm ran high " at our |
? first meeting, and the followihg offi.
cers were elected: S. E. Pressley,
~ Rres.; J. L. Benson, Sec^y.; Bemice
Byrd. Chairman of Program Commit.
tee; M. L: Johnson, Treas.; Ci ET'
Lott, Reporter.
?*? The officers were installed .Satur
day Nov. 27, 1&26, by Mrs. N. A.
^ Jenkins. . Dr. D. K. JenkinQ gave a
- - short but inspiring-talk to whiph De
Evans4responded, with a few en'cour
~ -aging--remarks^sskrinsL U3 _we had
.her hearty cooperation in all of juir
undertakings. ?he also dofiated us t
. one dollafr of which twenty, five cents .
was joining fee. ???
We also rendered a.short program, t
which was as follows: Singing by j
trie worses, bcnpture reading, Mrs.
D. K. Jenkins. Dtfettr~Nursea&mith?
and Harris. Recitation, Nurse Grant.
Quartet, Nurses Harris, Grant, Abra
ham, Smith. Nurses' Prayer, Nurse ^
Lott. Selected Reading:, Nurse Quat
tlebaum. Singing and DlsfiltBBSlr^
Our next meeting will be held Dec.
ft.v..- , il C. C. E, Lott, Reporter. I
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?'V Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wauls, and
i? mother, of-Washington, D. C., were
in the city last week for a few days j
... a vjfiit. to their parents, Capt. and ;
Mrs. -T~lb I.ewip- wViilo hero r
social outings were given in their
- honor, culminating in the finale Sat.
. urday night, when th^ Regular Fel
^hjtrr iftfve ? Soifee Dansant at the;
Odd PeHowV Academy V ,
P. Sends A
lite Primal
inn flnt
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STUDENT
NATION BE1IS
mr<iifrT\Tn r?nr<T?*Tm
x' xvjrxxrx li^nx 1
MOB VIOLENCES
Leading Newspapers of the
Country Have Been Taking
A Hand in Fight..
N. Y. WORLD FOREMOST
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Dyer Ahti-Lynehing Bill Will
Help Stop These Increasing
Outrages.
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New York, Nov. 26.?The entire
country is being' ruuseil t0 prutcst-a
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CHAPLAIN GEO. Avi SINGLETON.
The above is? the likenfiss-of Ghap.lain-George
A. Single ton, Professor
of Social Science in Allen Univor
sity. He was the preacher on
Thanksgiving Day in a union Thanks
giiiug Oei'?iee (Minn TTni
versity and Benedic Ctollege in the
Allen?University Auditorium. His
theme was. "Thanksgiving for the
Expected Social Order." Chaplain
Singleton's Conference, the Piedmont
recently endorsed him for the-editor '
ship of the Christian Recorder, the
race's oldest publication. He is a
constant contributor to The Palmetto
Leoder. r~" 1 1 ??
gainst the, evils and the Shame of
pnr.nrfHng tn renorts reach
ing the National Association foi' the
Advancement of Colored People, 09
_.gifth Avenue. Not only has the
New York. World for 22 consecutive
days?been?conspicuously?featuring
details of the Aiken, South C:irolinat
lynching on its first page, but othe*
powerful and widely read newspapers
as well have been"takio^
the fight.
>irlf> ivrittpri reeently by Si vet Zi
martd, "carried A'. full report" hrT'ttfe"
lynching .situation, inc|n.liii!.' a sum
mary of the Dyer Anti Lynching Blir
the arguments Tor anJ~agarnst pas.
sage, and statistics furnished by the
N. A; A. Or Pr . More recently. in its
issue of November 17, the Philnciel
phia Evening Bulletin carried on its
editorial page?a?long article abbut
.jr.IK, HUUUHK n uin me J\. /V.
C. P. literature, from the Nctv York
Times and beginning 03 follows:
gitatioiVt-Xor?Federal antL-U'flghilig
legislation has been stimulated by
two recent outrages of peculiarly
flagrant nature which added six vie
tiros, two being woitien, to a death
dish of) rfeftltig
over the figures of the three preoed
ing years These killings, acr
dcrdtng toTTro tabtrtation made by the
Nntionnl Association?for-?the- Ad ,
attorney Ger
-y" Case B
- COLUMBIA, S. C.;? SAT I K
S VISIT N.
IG ROUSED A*
A WOMAN IS
SHOT BY MARINES
Mrs. Mable L. Burnsidc, Her'
Father and Brother Shot
In Their ThigTis.
WAS DOING RELIEF DUTY
Saw '1'ruCK Lead or screamtfif^
, Women and" Marine Strike
Brother with a Sticky
New York, Nov. 2G.?The National !
j Association for the Advancement of |
Colored People,Eifth Avenue, has_
sent to the U. S. Department-of Jus-j
ticeanaffklavit "reciting that colored
people wei^ shot by / LL .S, Marines.
in the cuoirse of enforced labor con !
scription after the recent-?hwrieane,?
despite denials that any such vio
lence had taken 'nlace. The affidavit I
signed by *Mrs. Mhble L. Burnside
f#Uet that: ' ' , . _ ' [
Haying taken a job to help out in'
the time of disasters, she returned to
her home Only to see a "truck loaded
with screaniing women and saw three
Marines'forcing her brother S. Ward,
Jr., into the. truck, one of the Marines
? *|p
' beating'him with a^ stick.
- That/although she told the. Marines
s:he had taken a job doing relief work
for flie Belief Committee, rhby niivcr "
thejcss dragged her toward the steps
o'f her house and down on the pave.
menXj where thev let her fall on her
I back. Ilcr brother then leaped to her
-asMstance by . helpings to carry her
j into the house. As soon as he got
into the house'he heard a bang, and >
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icit ayiinjmilpass ifiruugri ner Lilian |
i She saw the Marine shoot as he en j
Ie: e 1 "the'rear doorway or intill1 llUIMU,1
the bullet passing through her thigh, I
her father s thigh, her brother's thigh
*and the leg oT-on^ of the Mamc?
'standing within the range trf the bul "letv*"
, --?
, That she* was takon to the.hospital
and thence to the jail where she iden j
itified the Marines whjo were being held
j Hospital for two days >she was re.
1 moved to her home where she . re
mained^or-some timo-upder the care ot-A
private physician.
The Department o? Jirstice in re.
' spoiiscFto previous complatnts of vlo
'lence by Marines ann'ounced that its
agents could not find a single instance
jof anyone being forced to vyork with,
^ut pay or of race discrimination in ''
the application of Labor conscription.
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?KIMIEWOUU MEWS.
? We are very glad to say- that
! Rirlerpvunnrl noma K^t/ + r\ V?ni?
; Sunday was .a' bright day' for our
I young ones. Sunday school opened
: at the usual hour. TI19 lesson was '
^discussed and carried out in a splen
did manner. After the lesson a few
helpful lumaik.s conPOfrtlng the lesson '
by the pastor, Rev. T. E. Robinson, 1
_ Sunday night at 7 o'clock, Rev. T.
E. Robinson ewkflfl all tn rnmp n lit
"to organize the A. C. E. League. We 1
had a good crowd out,?Rev. Robin "J
scn gave us a helpful talk on the sub.
jject: , . , |t ,. .
'"At 8 TV w.. .our .paalur jmiiiL'fiwl iF"
] good sermon which was enjoyed by""
! all. There was a good number ofj1
[friends out (u hear -and 000 our new, 1
jjS&StCT. Wg were glad te have thonw^
iCome agian. Yqu are-welcome. ; Li
ieral Affida
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DAY, DEC. -4, 1926.
EKH VMi
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v/iniM itno. )C{iif /,auu iiuius atxunu (
place in the South Carolina Georgia
Intercollegiate Conference.
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Tho?TTnll rnnffM-onpc of SmitH .
Hughes teachers of Agriculture and
Home Economes is in session at State
College this -week end. More than
sixty field workerti are in attendance
under the direction of Mr. Verd Peterson
and Miss Lillian Hoffman,
S^ate-Supervisors of- Vocational Education.
Problems growing out of the
past year'6 work are being-discussed as
well ag working plans for the com,
ingl year. ~ ' ; -?i
An interesting and slgnlftcanTfea^ "
tuie at the College thi? weel^-was the ground
breaking exercises Tor the
new Agricultural and Home Econo_
mics building held Friday noon. An
appropriate program was' carried out,
(luring whieh President Wilkinson
gave a brief outline of the development
of? the College from its meager
beginning to. the -present plant val
ued at $875j000.00, with nearly 1,200students-and
62 teachers. ~ The ^ol_ >'
lege has sent out^l,569 graduates who..
are community builders in 'this "and
nQiffhh?riny
their._icmc as well as material "progres~?.
Wtjrfc ":will begin on this
with ft hnnn nf "orifl Viav
" 11 " t? VI Jlipic CA 11 Vl I1C4 V ?
ing-it-in. jefedinegfl-by nexWalL j
ri.rt/'U l...
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QAINST LYNC
- , - J Q. WILL
BE ARGUED. '
ON JAN. 3,1927
. .Involves the Right of Excluding
Colored Voters From
Democratie- Friroaries. ... _i
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$2,006 ALREADY IS SPENT
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The Case Will l>u Cauii-d to M;i
Highest Tribunal in the
Land.
The-National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People has
received information from its Texas j
a+tomey, > Fi od C. KnclIenbuFgT-that!
the "White Primary" case involving
the right of excluding, colored, voters
'l'om the Democratic primaries ip. the1
Nouth oml tno orihibA lau nP-rifo.
frr.nchiseiuent, haf 'beqn set for/fir
gumqp^heforc -the United Statc^ .Su
preme Court c$n January 3, 1927.-]
Tlltf* N. A. A. C.~Pr- has thus far 1
cronf 59 (inn In' Imrcfl fnoe omaI 1
-1? V-,""'! ivv-? """ nixing
costs to carry this case to. the
highest tribunal in the land. The
ease in known as "Nixon vs. Hern_
don."
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STATE COLLEGE NOTES.
Orangeburg; $7* C., ^Tov. 27.?'The
College football, team wound up the
most remarkable successful season in
it3 connection with intercollegiate
spoits by defeating Allen University at
Columbia Thanksgiving Day, 13 0.
The team has won every game on its
schedule except that with Paine Col j
lnytl t)f Augusta, uTiiili waa tluTTii'ot"
plnyed. This was lost only by one
point. No other opponent has CfOSS_ ;
ed State's goal lira during the sep. 1
som?State?College Jans-earned?the
record of the best colored football
team within the State of South Car_ I
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vit On Mian
Supreme C
UneoHSB
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XI
NATI0NA1
11ING SHAME;
moorefield story i
argued Case
Declares the City Segregation
Ordinance to Be Uncon
__ constitutional.
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$5,000 RAISED IN CAMPAFN
The Decision is Basud Upon the =
JLouisviile. Kentucky Case
In 1917. *
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New York, Nov: 26.?Telegrams re 1<
ceived at tRo Rational Office of the 3
National Association for the Advance i
merit.'.uf Colored People,??8?Fifth is
Avenye, fronri F. B. Ransom, member \
of tt?e National Boprd of Dire.qtprs C
oi tne im. A. A. (J. P. and KrXT^Bro v
case", announce that the-^-Circuit >
Court in Indianapolis has declared s:
the pity segregation ordinance to be
unconstitutional after a court fight
victoriously conducted by the Indian n
arolis Branch of the N. A. A. C. P. ;1
In the course of the fight the Indian p
apolis Branch staged a campaign for b
members and funds in the course of
which more than $5,000 was raised. T
The - Indianapolis Branch undertook
and carried through the entire case,
the National Office acting only in an
adv-iKftr-y-?i.J ?_ ^
- The Indtairapblts Segre^aton ordrg
nance was passed by the City and t,
signed by the Mayor despite the fact j
that it was clearly pointed out that
it,was entirely-similar to the Loui. -n
ville, Kentucky, segregation ordinance
declared unconstitutional in 1917 by ^
the U. S. Supreme Court in a case jr
won by the N. A. A. C. P. through j,
ttw Prngid^nt Mnnrefield Storcv who 0
argued it. The Mayor of Indianapolis ~g
signed ttfg ordinance?Maroh--24r-and g
the Indianapolis Branch immediate, g
ly contostpd it, -resulting in a com,- K
plete A'ictory. I : .... y
.The decision of the Indiana Circuit *.
JA
Court is based upon the decision'won el
by the N. A. A. C." P. in the U. S. a,
Supreme Court in the famous Uouis_
ville Case in 1917
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FINE -NEGRO EDITORS
, FOR LIBELLING?JUDGE. ~
MadiB+n-viU'e,.. Ky.,. Nay.' 26.?Fines p.
of $250 each and costs were assessed A
against William Warla#, editor of the A
"Louisville'-News; and I. * Wtllis Cote; G
folitui of the Louiovillo Loader, both Xi
Negroesj in circuit court here yester _ a
day found- guiity of libelling nr
Judgt^Ruby Laffoon. -In addition e:
the~~tfOU'isville News "wuk fined |250 V
and costs on an indictment charging V
It wjth libel ih connection with the J
case.' : ? f<
. An indictment against the Leader
charging Hbt4 was quashed, when it p;
wasshbwn that it was not a corpora, d
tion,'. but owned by Cole.
The TJegro editors were indicted r<
by a Hopkins court" md jury as.
a result of allege '-TE^0119 articles t>
printed in connects .- with the trials ti
of Buryan Flcmtng, Nathan Bardp Ii
and Columbus Holies, all Negroes, h<
for, attacking a young white jgirl of d
Mobile. Ala.,Fleming .and BaydLsub- li
siquently wore sentenced to be hang. t<
ea ana nouis, wno turned?state's 4i
evidence, was given a 29_year prison di
^rtlTtHe imbHtfaf harmed that "
ttyt"' Negroes would not be given a t<
fair trial in local courts and one of
thop^appaaired with ? streamer in ju
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\RE IMPRESSED " | *
WITH THE WORK
'arty Was Made up From Drew
Theological Seminary and
, Columbia Universit 3*.
JEVENTY-FIVE IN PARTY
*Iew Point of View on Race Relations
was Opened up to
Them. .
New York, Nov. 26.?Under the
us'pices of the Fellowship of Recon.
iliation of this city," about 75 stu_
ents and professes of Drew, Theo=-^?t?^?7
)gical Seminary, Union Theological
eminary apd Columbia University,
ist Friday made a - pilgrimage to
he NnfjmraP Offirn of the National^? ^ ?
issociation for the Advancement of
lolored People, at 09 Fifth Avenue, . 'V
diere they listened to brief addressg
by Robert -.W?Ragnall. -Director_
J\0ranches and Walter White, AS- ~
i^tanfei-Secretafry;
The visitors were much .impressed
with the work being done, asked
lany questions and a number .,said
hat as a result of their visit a new
oint of view on race relations had
een opened to them. . L . , ' *
RENTON, N. J., BABIES RAISE
T $338.00. - "
The Babies of Trenton, New Jer^_ _
feyi have made in nhnnt :
ie biggest contribution which TrfiTl>n
ever made to the N. A. -Ak C. P.
hey raised $338.00 of which amount v
200 in cash _ has -been sent to the .
'ational Office.
Other N. A. A. C. P. Baby Con_
;sts closing before Christmas are:,
last Chicago, Gary and South Bend,
idiana; Rochester, N. Y.; Douglass
nd Phoenix, Arizona; Pasadena and .
tockton, Calif.; Springfield, Mass.; \
tattle Creek and?Lansing,?Mich.; ?
maha, Neb.; Jersey City, Newark ,
nd?Prindeton, Nr J.; Urbarra amb -??~
oungstown, Ohio. Those pending !
>r 1927 are: Asbury Park and Hackisack,
N. J.; Richmond, Va. and PhiL
delphia, Pa. ^ _
VTERRACIAL OFFICIAL PRAIS . '. . _
ES WALTER WHITE'S AIKEN" ~
EXEASE.^ t
New York, Nov.- 26.-H\Valter White
ssistant Secretary of the National
SSPcjatibn for the Advancement of
oloi-ed People has received a letter
nm Robert B. Eleazer. Education.
I nirPflrvr nf Hip Tnfnrrncfil I nm ' "
iisston in Atlanta, cfimmeruiirig" the ~
xpose of the Aiken lynching by Mr.
/hite and asserting that for it Mr..
fhite deserves the gratitude of the
South, Mr.' Eleazer'g letter is as
Jflkwa: r . > ' Tvrrr ~ . Zt^ITZ
I want to express my very deeplip_
reciation of the wonderful work you
id in the investigation of the Aiken
lynching. When your report first
sached me 'it Sefemed unbelievable
Tat any man could have gotten to the
ottom of that affair in so short a
me and in a manner so thorough. - -f
any confirmation were needed,
owever, you have had it in in.abnn .
ance as a result of later investiga.
ons. As the man wha first dug in.
) the horror and Vevcaled 1T5T sordid
etails to the public, you deserve the
eepest gratitude of South Carolina - , ?
nd the South. ,You have done us a r?t
service and I personally traht
? thank you. .
I hope there jwill not be any more
evasions for feuch a service, but if
lere are, I trust that you may be
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